Hearst Shkulev Ukraine partners with Magzter for digital expansion

New York, New York – Hearst Shkulev Ukraine, one of the most prominent publishers in Ukraine, chooses Magzter, the world’s largest digital magazine newsstand, to increase its digital reader base across the world. It is worth mentioning that Magzter has been already digitally publishing the titles of Hearst Magazines from the US, UK and Spain as well as Hearst Shkulev Media from Russia.

Hearst Shkulev Ukraine has currently added two of its best-selling titles – Cosmopolitan Ukraine and Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine to Magzter, and ELLE Ukraine will be added soon.

A monthly magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine is priced at UAH 361.78 ($13.99 USD) for an annual subscription on Magzter. Harper’s Bazaar magazine from other countries, namely, US, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Romania and Turkey are also available on Magzter.

Cosmopolitan Ukraine gives a complete lifestyle experience to women with its exclusive columns on relationships, health, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion and beauty. This monthly magazine is priced at UAH 129.04 ($4.99 USD) for an annual subscription on Magzter. Cosmopolitan magazine from other countries, namely, US, UK, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, Spain, Slovenia, Chile, Philippines, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Romania and Indonesia are also available on Magzter.

“We have been working with electronic versions for 4 years on Ukrainian market. Magzter has given us the opportunity to sell our Ukrainian versions of ELLE, Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar magazines worldwide. For us it is a good challenge to understand the perception of Ukrainian versions of magazines on International markets and a good opportunity to reach Ukrainian audience that live abroad. We believe that Magzter could help us to widen our audience and increase our earnings from digital subscriptions.” – Anna Tolstykh, Marketing and Business Development Director, Hearst Shkulev Ukraine

“Hearst Shkulev Ukraine brings some of the most renowned international magazine brands like Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar to Ukrainian readers in their native language. We are quite excited to partner with a like-minded publisher, who feels that superlative content should be available to everyone across the world without any geographic barriers.” – Girish Ramdas, CEO, Magzter Inc.

“We share a very good relationship with Hearst Magazines and we are now excited to welcome the latest publisher from the Hearst family, Hearst Shkulev Ukraine, to Magzter. Both Cosmopolitan Ukraine and Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine are best-selling titles in Ukraine, and with Magzter’s digital platform, these magazines are all set to reach all over the world.” – Vijay Radhakrishnan, President, Magzter Inc

Pricing and Availability:
Magzter – Digital Magazine Newsstand 6.9 is free and available worldwide through the App Store in the News category. Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine brings together style and culture to the modern, intelligent and innovative woman. All the magazines from Hearst Shkulev Ukraine also come as a treat to Magzter GOLD users, who can enjoy reading them along with 4,000 other international digital magazines. The Magzter app is also available on the web, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Kindle Fire and is expanding to more platforms soon. Magzter’s easy purchase and renewal systems ensure subscriptions are paid on time, eliminating the need for paper checks and postal mail issues. Users can buy their magazines on any of the above devices/platforms and seamlessly port their purchases to any other devices, a feature unique to Magzter.

Magzter is the world’s largest and fastest growing global digital magazine newsstand with over 30 million digital consumers, more than 8,500 magazines from over 3,500 publishers. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local offices in London, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Cape Town, Chennai, Singapore and Tokyo and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers. Powered by its proprietary OREY Click Publishing System(R), Magzter also enables their customers to publish interactive/audio-visual content in the magazine as it supports HTML5. Magzter launched Magzter GOLD subscription service to give digital readers unlimited access to thousands of magazines for a low monthly price. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2016 Magzter Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.